What Are The Similarities Between Dr Jekyll And Hyde

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In the morally ambiguous world, these two characters act out their roles with ruthless efficiency, executing vicious acts of violence within the pursuit of their own agenda. they're polar opposites, one a kind hearted soul striving toward personal growth and reform while the opposite a self-serving “dark triad” who others fear will destroy society itself. Jekyll and Hyde tells the story of 1 man's efforts to hide the evil in his heart. Jekyll is a man who can't accept himself, so he creates another person to take responsibility for all of his wrongdoing. The story demonstrates that there are times in one's life when one simply cannot stick out oneself, when one is dissatisfied with oneself, and when one is ashamed of oneself. Dr. Jekyll and …show more content…

Lanyon and Utterson, a lawyer. Jekyll appears to be a prosperous man who is well-known in the community for his decency and charitable works. “A large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with every mark of capacity and kindness” (Stevenson 16). Jekyll is engrossed with social acceptance and wants to keep his hidden desires hidden. So “ The doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine” (Stevenson 16). However, since his youth Jekyll sees his dark side as a burden and conducts experiments to distinguish between his good and evil selves. As a result of these experiments, Mr. Hyde is born, and he unintentionally transforms into his darker …show more content…

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores the implications of attempting to differentiate between good and evil, which results in the event of an unusual personality. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ``Man is not truly one, but truly two” (Stevenson 47). Jekyll was a 'good man,' a distinguished man of excellent standing who, like everyone else, suppressed his darkest impulses. Due to his passion for medicine and obsession with the concept of separating good from evil, he drank a strange potion. Mr. Hyde is the polar opposite of Dr. Jekyll, a person who is easily agitated by impulses and pleasure. Jekyll's creation of Hyde upsets his internal balance of good and evil. Without that balance Jekyll cannot survive. "All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of fine and evil” (Stevenson 50). Whenever Hyde becomes active he gains more power over Jekyll, and ultimately results in his